DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN Introduction 1. Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the globe‚ different types of natural disasters like floods‚ droughts‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones‚ landslides‚ and volcanoes etc may strike according to the vulnerability of the area. 2. Pakistan‚ due to its diverse range of terrain‚ is susceptible to wide ranging hazards from droughts to floods and earthquakes to cyclones. Pakistan suffered a major drought from 1995-2000. Pakistan almost
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Nuclear Disasters and Accidents Introduction: One of the scariest things about nuclear power is when something goes wrong and an accident occurs. Radiation is released into the environment and people get hurt. Two of the most famous nuclear accidents occurred at the Three Mile Island reactor 2 in the United States and the Chernobyl reactor 4 in the former Soviet Union. In this text we will discuss these two disasters‚ along with correcting a few common misconceptions about nuclear accidents. The
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Dress Codes in Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions Dr. Engr. I. Samson Amoka Chief Lecturer‚ Mineral Resources Engineering‚ Kaduna Polytechnic‚ Kaduna‚ Nigeria amokais@yahoo.com Introduction Clothing is generally recognized as one of the essential human needs (others including food‚ shelter and security). Not too long after God created man and woman‚ human beings expressed the need to cover their nakedness (Genesis 3). Since then‚ dressing has played and still plays a very vital role in every
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English Usage Week 10 Tertiary level education is necessary for a successful life. As eschewed by‚ Dr. Eric Williams‚ the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in the early 60’s‚ ‘The future of our nation lays inside the schools bags of our children.’ In those days it was very evident that the level of education in Trinidad and Tobago was little to none existent amongst the citizens. Therefore‚ it is fitting to say that a tertiary education is mandatory for a thriving
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Suicide Prevention Each year‚ suicide in the United States is the cause of more deaths than homicide. Approximately 30‚000 people each year commit suicide. Suicide is the third highest cause of death in ages 15-24. In children younger than 15‚ 1-2 out of every 100‚000 will commit suicide (Caruso). Every year‚ approximately 750‚000 people attempt suicide; failed attempts often result in permanent damage requiring long term permanent care (“America’s Mental Health Channel”). Suicide is relevant
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XIMENA RUBIN DE CELIS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY THUESDAYS‚ 1:00 pm to 3:45 pm FALL TERM 2010 APPLICATION PAPER #1 TERATOGENS AND PREVENTION Teratogens and Prevention Dear Ashley: I can imagine how you may feel being pregnant for the first time. You may have many questions and concerns about what is the best way to manage yourself during your pregnancy‚ and you may not be aware of how important
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The Treatment and Prevention of Drug Use and Abuse Professor Gross CJ: 411 Drugs and Alcohol in the Criminal Justice System 10/7/14 By Jimmy Ortega Juveniles across the country have many issues in today’s society however; the issues that are at hand can be prevented if the parents or guardians have control over that certain juvenile. If that parent doesn’t have control of that teen there are certain places in which the parents can reach out to and get help dealing with
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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organisations in adapting programming‚ project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream disaster risk reduction into their development work in hazard-prone countries. The series is also of relevance to stakeholders involved in climate change adaptation. This guidance note focuses on construction design‚ building standards and site selection‚ and their role in the mitigation of risk due to natural hazards.
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Protein Structure on a Tertiary Level The third of four levels of protein structure is the tertiary level. The primary level are strands of the 20 amino acids‚ the secondary level are alpha helix and beta pleats‚ the tertiary level are a combination of helix‚ pleats‚ and bends‚ and the quaternary level involves multiple polypeptide bonds. The tertiary level is a three dimensional level that allows the protein to be fluid and move and make up the R group in the protein structure. There are four
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Crime Prevention Marcos Williams Unit 2: Assignment Abstract Crime prevention has become a major issue in our Nation. In our text we have learned that in the early 1990’s President Bill Clinton had passed a bill that hired 100‚000 police officers as a result of the Violent Crime Control Act (Worrall‚ 2008). The hiring of all the police officers looked as if was going to make a huge impact across the nation. With the rate of crime going up across the world crime prevention is really needed.
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